(I've backdated a few posts to make up for missed days. It's like my keyboard was pinched and now that I let it go, you get a whole lot of posts at once.)

A lot of times people will ask me—usually after a few Jack and Cokes at the bar—how I come up with ideas for The Sky is Falling and how I remember them. The truth is, I don't have any idea how I come up with the ideas, they come from anywhere and everywhere. As for how I remember them, I keep them all stored in my Blackberry 8703e (Did you see that shameless plug RIM? Feel free to send me the new Blackberry Bold. If John Mayer can ask for one on his blog and get one, why can't I? I wonder if that's how he got Jennifer Aniston).

A lot of the time I'll think of potential posts only to realize later that they aren't funny (or are only funny to my warped sense of humor). Conversely there are times when I will think of things that are funny but my phone is nowhere near me so I convince myself that whatever I just thought of isn't funny to avoid having to get off the couch. Anyway, I went through my phone today and read through some of the ideas that have been in the queue for a while and that probably won't make it off the cutting room floor and decided to make a post of some of the topics that for one reason or another didn't merit an individual post.

How much do ESPN Sportscasters really know?
I mean how much do Mariotti and Wilbon actually know? If I saw them out on the street and asked them for Johan Santana's ERA from 2001 would they be able to rattle it off or would they stare at me dumbfounded? The fact that Deion Sanders is a sportscaster leads me to believe that these guys don't know anything and are simply fed statistics 5 min before airtime. I thought about calling up ESPN to find out, but then I realized that I'd rather call up the good folks at Jeopardy and find out how smart Alex Trebek is (stay tuned for that one).

What would Tyler Durden do?
Sometimes, when I am faced with a really pointless and semi-pretentious decision like "Should I buy the 7 Diamonds button down in black? Or should I buy the 7 Diamonds button down in white?" I like to take a step back and ask myself WWTDD—What Would Tyler Durden Do? I inevitably realize how insignificant and commercialized my question is and wind up bareknuckle boxing the employees of the Nordstrom's men's shoes department. If this is your first One Day Sale, you have to fight.

The Itchy & Scratchy Show
I can't stand people who use the word itch when they mean scratch. I don't know why. It's actually a pretty stupid pet peeve, but it's like nails on a chalkboard to me (not to be confused with nails on a headboard....sweet!). "I can't stop itching myself!" Are you kidding? That phrase does not make an iota (kappa, lamda, mu....SIR!) of sense. Seriously, use the correct word, you're in college. It's like saying "I drank too much water, I really need to go take a flush." Enh, maybe not, but you get the point.

Trust me there are plenty more things that probably will never see the light of day, or the backlight of an LED screen, but I just wanted to clear out a few of them. If you wanna see more, find me at Fe. Bring a Jack and Coke.

-Adam